Saw handle



Oct. 30, 1928.

R. C. CHARLTON SAW HANDLE Filed Dec. 8, 1926 Fatentecl Oct. 30, 1928.`

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saw HANDLE. i

Application filed December 8,1926. Serial No. 153,338.

The object of my invention is to make a handle for a hand saw of metal, such as alu- 4 minum, having a hand-grip ofwood or a composition which does not chill the hand.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a handle of a handsaw illustrating my invention;

F ig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-42, Fio. 1'

igj is a sectional view on the line 3-?, Figi. 1; I

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the hand-grip;

F ig. 5 is a sectional view `illustrating a modification; and

Fig. 6 `is a sectional view on the line 6-6, Fig. 5.

The saw-blade 1 is of the ordinary type. Thehandle 2` is made in twoparts 3 and 14, secured together and to the blade 1 by screw-bolts 5 of the form usually used in hand-saws. The boltsV have heads countersunk in one side of the handle and are adapted to nuts 6 having heads countersunk in the opposite side of the handle.

The body portion 7 of the handle is hollow, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in the sectional view, Fig. 2.

Projecting from the rearofthe body portion 7 are upper and lower horns 8 and 9, which have tongues 10 and 11, respectively. A portion of each tongue is on each section of the handle, and a projection on one portion extends into the enlarged bolt-opening in the other section, keeping the two Sections in alignment. i

The hand-grip 12 is shaped to fit the hand as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and is enlarged at `each end 13 so as to protect the hand from the metallic horns 8 and 9 of the handle, each end being curved to fit the curved surfaces l-rof the horns. The ends of the hand-grip are slotted as at 15 to receive the tongues 10 and 11 of the horns.

The hand-grip and the tongues are perforated for the passage of the bolts 16, which are threaded and adapted to engage with nuts 17. The holes in the hand-grip are countersunk, so that the heads of the bolts and nuts are flush With the surface of the hand-grip as shown in F ig. 3.

The body portion of the handle is prefer-l ably made of aluminum or other com aratively light metal which will have su cient strength to resist the rough treatment to which a hand-saw handle is subjected.

The hand-grip is preferably made of Wood, but it may be macle of a composition which E'illdbe strong and `which will not chill the` The horns 8 and 9 are shaped to resist any reasonable blows whena saw is droppd, as well as to protect the wooden hand-grip. If for any reason the wooden hand-grip should break, it can be readily detached and another substituted for it. i

In some instances, the two horns 8T and 9n may be connected by a thin web 18, forming a continuaton of the tongues 10a and 11, Figs. 5 and 6. In this construction, the metal of the web would preferably stop short of the surface of the wooden hand-grip 12L to prevent the hand coming in contact with the metal.

1. The combination in a handle for handsaws, of va body portion made in two parts securedtogether and to a' saw-blade, each part being made of metal and being hollow;

upper and lower horns projecting rearwardlyv from the body portion and having tongues; a hand-grip located between the two horns and slotted at each end to receive the tongues ;and transverse screws extend'ing through each end of the hand-grip and through the two-part tongues, clamping the i parts firmly together.

2. The combination in a hand-sawV handle, V

RICHARD C. CHARLTON. v 

